The Sugar & Spice Ranch Labrador Retrievers

The Sugar & Spice Ranch Labrador Retrievers Having raised Labrador Retrievers most of my life I now focus on a line of gorgeous chocolates!

And, A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS from the legend himself, LUCCA!!!
12/23/2025

And, A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS from the legend himself, LUCCA!!!

Merry Christmas with all the joy she can muster, from Niccioleta! 🎄🎉🎁🎊
12/22/2025

Merry Christmas with all the joy she can muster, from Niccioleta! 🎄🎉🎁🎊

Volterra say Merry Christmas to one and all!!! 🤎🎄🎁🎉🎊
12/22/2025

Volterra say Merry Christmas to one and all!!! 🤎🎄🎁🎉🎊

Merry Christmas from Castellina!! Our cuddle bug!! 🖤🩶🎁🎄
12/22/2025

Merry Christmas from Castellina!! Our cuddle bug!! 🖤🩶🎁🎄

Merry Christmas from Sienna with love!! 🎁🤎🎄🤎
12/22/2025

Merry Christmas from Sienna with love!! 🎁🤎🎄🤎

Merry Christmas from Shiloh!!! 💛🎄🎁🎊🎉
12/21/2025

Merry Christmas from Shiloh!!! 💛🎄🎁🎊🎉

Happy birthday to my sweet, sweet Nicci!! She’s 1 year old today!!! She’s the sweetest….did I say sweetest and wanting...
12/20/2025

Happy birthday to my sweet, sweet Nicci!! She’s 1 year old today!!! She’s the sweetest….did I say sweetest and wanting to please you puppy in the whole wide world!! She’s had a rough year with her injuries but, has been such a trooper and I love her so much!!! 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎

People say it all the time:“I promise, they’ll have a good home.”But what that means to me, as a breeder, goes so far be...
12/19/2025

People say it all the time:

“I promise, they’ll have a good home.”
But what that means to me, as a breeder, goes so far beyond what most people think.

A “good home” isn’t just a nice house.
It isn’t square footage or a fenced yard or matching dog bowls.

It’s a feeling.
A standard.
A commitment.
A heart-space where a dog is truly seen, deeply loved, and intentionally cared for.

A good home is someone who understands this isn’t “just a dog.”
This is a piece of my heart.
A life I stayed up with at 2 AM.
A life I prayed over when they were the size of a lemon.
A life whose first breath I celebrated… and whose first latch I protected.

A good home is someone who shows up for that dog, not just the cute moments.

Someone who:
• rearranges their schedule without complaining.
• gets on the floor and comforts them through fear stages.
• trims nails even when the dog wiggles.
• shows patience through the puppy chaos.
• doesn’t quit when it gets inconvenient.

A good home is someone who asks questions, not someone who pretends they already know.

Someone who chooses growth.
Consistency over shortcuts.
Love over frustration.

A good home is someone who sends updates not because they HAVE to, but because they WANT to.

Those messages mean more to me than people realize.
When I see your puppy smiling in your arms.
When I see them with your kids.
When I see them sleeping in their new bed.

My heart exhales.

Because that’s when I know they’re safe.
That’s when I know I made the right choice.

A good home is someone who honors the contract not because it’s a rule, but because it protects the dog.

Someone who understands:
“If life ever falls apart, this puppy comes back to me.”

Not Craigslist.
Not a shelter.
Not a stranger.
Me.

A good home is someone who remembers that behind every puppy is a breeder who cared so deeply it hurt sometimes.

Who cried over the weak ones.
Who weighed them through the night.
Who kept mama comfortable.
Who didn’t travel because babies needed her.
Who poured time, money, emotion, prayer, and intention into every moment of their beginning.

A good home values that.
Respects that.
And cherishes the puppy because of it.

A good home isn’t perfect.
It’s present.
It’s committed.
It’s willing.
It’s loving.

A good home is someone who looks at this dog and thinks:
“You’re not here to make my life cuter, you’re here to be part of my family.”

That’s what I look for.
That’s what matters to me.
Not perfection.
Not aesthetics.
Not status.

But heart.
Real, patient, everyday love.

Because when I send a puppy home, I’m not “selling a dog.”
I’m trusting a stranger with a life I’ve carried in my hands.
A life I’ve already loved deeply.

And a good home is the kind of home where that love continues for the whole lifetime of the dog.
🤎🤎🤎🤎

Niccioleta has her Christmas photo for this year!! Couldn’t leave her out of all the ones I did last year!! 🤎🎄🎅🏼🤠
12/17/2025

Niccioleta has her Christmas photo for this year!! Couldn’t leave her out of all the ones I did last year!! 🤎🎄🎅🏼🤠

And, coming soon!!!!
12/15/2025

And, coming soon!!!!

Coming soon!!!!
12/15/2025

Coming soon!!!!

Big shout out to my new rising fan!Suzann Gabriel
12/12/2025

Big shout out to my new rising fan!

Suzann Gabriel

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884 Rikki Drive
Bandera, TX
78003

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
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